Five Depictions of the Circumcision of Jesus Christ from the Croatian Sacral Heritage

Male circumcision has been perceived differently in different cultures. In modern times, if it is a non-medical indication, circumcision becomes the starting point of many ethical and other discussions. Its rootedness in Christianity is fixed, among other things, in sacral art and iconography. This article presents five sacral images of the Circumcision of Christ from the holdings of the Croatian sacral heritage with the aim of noticing their iconographic and sacral-medical values. In this article, it is presented the results of field research related to the identification and medical-iconographic presentation of the motive for the circumcision of Jesus Christ in the area of the northern and central Adriatic coast. Five such paintings have been recorded and will be described and compared with similar works by European masters. These are the works of Venetian and Central European provenance and were created between the 16th and 18th centuries. The basic traditional Jewish iconography is visible in all the paintings but modified according to current religious standards. These depictions from the area of Croatia contextualizing and filling in the gaps in verbal records on this topic in our region fit Croatia into an undoubted component of the European Judeo-Christian heritage and when it comes to rare iconographic depictions.

A Vision of Beneficence in Healthcare

Beneficence remains the central moral principle in the ethics of medicine and this entails all of the components packed into the complex notion of the patient's good. In defining a vision of beneficence, I offer a broad scope that goes beyond the strict medical values to embrace the moral and other values of the patient.

The Five Sexes, Revisited: The Varieties of Sex Will Test the Medical Values and Social Norms

Author(s): Anne Fausto-Sterling | Ен Фаусто-Стерлинг Title (English): The Five Sexes, Revisited: The Varieties of Sex Will Test the Medical Values and Social Norms Title (Macedonian): Петте пола, повторно: Вариететите на полот ќе ги тестираат медицинските вредности и општествените норми Translated by (English to Macedonian): Žarko Trajanoski | Жарко Трајаноски Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Summer 2004) Publisher: Research Center in Gender Studies - Skopje and Euro-Balkan Institute Page Range: 207-221 Page Count: 14 Citation (English): Anne Fausto-Sterling, “The Five Sexes, Revisited: The Varieties of Sex Will Test the Medical Values and Social Norms,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Summer 2004): 207-221. Citation (Macedonian): Ен Фаусто-Стерлинг, „Петте пола, повторно: Вариететите на полот ќе ги тестираат медицинските вредности и општествените норми“, превод од англиски Жарко Трајаноски, Идентитети: списание за политика, род и култура, т. 3, бр. 1 (лето 2004): 207-221.

Bioethics and Healthcare Reform: A Whig Response to Weak Consensus

Contemporary bioethics begins with the perception that medical values are a matter of public, rather than merely professional, interest. Such was the message of delegates in Helsinki and of the New Jersey court that decided for Quinlan. It is a theme that lurks within almost every major bioethical treatise since the first edition of Principles of Bioethics. This perception also undergirds the increasingly popular suggestion that moral authority in the patient-physician relationship resides neither in the medical profession, nor in the singular will of the patient, but in moral communities that link both parties with higher social orders.

The Medicalization of Dying: A Positive Turn on a New Path

The science and technology of Western medicine in the twentieth century have expanded physician power to control the quality and timing of dying. Medicalization of dying is the result: a view of death and dying circumscribed by medical values, rules, accepted practices, and the controlling role of the physician. The new path represents a more holistic orientation in medical care of the dying.

Minority Minors and Moral Research Medicine

Treatment of sick children of Jehovah's Witness and Christian Scientist families at times presents significant dilemmas to American medicine and ethics, for modern healthcare professionals rely heavily on active treatment, and withholding of some treatments is a central religious tenet for Witnesses and Scientists. In important instances, physicians, nurses, ethicists, and courts may wish to set aside traditional religious beliefs and values when medical values support treatment to which adherents of these sects at times object.